For instance, a gene that codes for a specific Baccilus thuringiensis biocidal protein is introduced into a crop plant's genetic material.

The specific name linearis comes from the plant's linear growing structure and needle-like leaves.

The specific epithet, officinalis, refers to the plant's medicinal use — the officina was the traditional storeroom of a monastery where herbs and medicines were stored.

In the roots, ions diffuse into the apoplast of the epidermis before being taken up into the symplast by specific ion channels and being pulled by the plant's transpiration stream, which also occurs completely within the boundaries of the apoplast.

The specific epithet is Latin for ' woolly ' which describes the plant's hairy texture.

The common name " naked lady " stems from the plant's pattern of flowering when the foliage has died down.

The name " celery " retraces the plant's route of successive adoption in European cooking, as the English " celery " ( 1664 ) is derived from the French céleri coming from the Lombard term, seleri, from the Latin selinon, borrowed from Greek.

The plant's common name and Latin name originate from the belief in the Doctrine of Signatures which suggested that a plant's appearance reflected its possible uses.

The active ingredient is now known as digitalis, after the plant's scientific name.

The plant's English name, Boojum, was given by Godfrey Sykes of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona and is taken from Lewis Carroll's poem " The Hunting of the Snark ".

The common name " spurge " derives from the Middle English / Old French espurge (" to purge "), due to the use of the plant's sap as a purgative.

The plant's species name mellifera refers to the honey-like scent of the flowers.

Common names for Scaevola species include scaevolas, fan-flowers, half-flowers, and naupaka, the plant's Hawaiian name.

The plant's most common name, the same in English and Spanish, is an alternate form of the Spanish hierba buena ( meaning " good herb ").

The plant's English and Spanish common name, Yerba buena, is an alternate form of the Spanish hierba buena ( literally meaning " good herb "), generally used to describe local species of the mint family.

The name marijuana ( Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana ) is associated almost exclusively with the plant's psychoactive use.

Leaves exhibit obvious translucent dots when held up to the light, giving them a ‘ perforated ’ appearance, hence the plant's Latin name.

However, some spell the plant's common name " wistaria ".

After a day or two, the buckle is released and a plastic belt imprinted numerous times with the Parmigiano-Reggiano name, the plant's number, and month and year of production is put around the cheese and the metal form is buckled tight again.

The plant's common name refers to Venus, the Roman goddess of love.

The plant's Korean name is deulkkae or tŭlkkae ().

The word ' gutta-percha ' comes from the plant's name in Malay, getah perca, which translates as " percha sap ".

According to Wyndham's novel, the name Triffid alludes to the plant's three leg-like protusions and was originally " trifid ", Latin for " split into three parts ".

This plant's genus name Liquidambar was first given by Linnaeus in 1753 from Latin liquidus, fluid, and the Arabic ambar, amber, in allusion to the fragrant terebinthine juice or gum which exudes from the tree.

The plant's modern Japanese name is yabukōji, also known as spearflower, and it is considered to be imbued with energy year-round.

Usnea looks very similar to Spanish moss, so much so that the latter plant's Latin name is derived from it ( Tillandsia usneoides, the ' Usnea-like Tillandsia ').

The seeds, which are the plant's only means of reproduction, germinate within five days given good conditions.

Seed dispersal is sometimes split into autochory ( when dispersal is attained using the plant's own means ) and allochory ( when obtained through external means ).

There you were, standing before me, Royal Highness, and I thought: By no means am I going to offend Your Majesty by telling you the plant's true name, ‘ malva ’ – ‘ ill-going ’!

The epithet " nivalis " means " of the snow ", referring either to the snow-like flower or the plant's early flowering.

In August 2006, the city's largest employer, Ethan Allen Furniture, announced that it would be closing its Atoka plant in favor of " selected off-shore vendors ", as reported in the The Oklahoman following the announcement of the plant's closing.

It is now known that this effect is due to the bulbs being infected with a type of tulip-specific mosaic virus, known as the " Tulip breaking virus ", so called because it " breaks " the plant's lock on a single color of petal.

Historically, the plant was also known by the slang term " tipitiwitchet " or " tippity twitchet ", possibly an oblique reference to the plant's resemblance to human female genitalia.

It is occasionally known as the " wild potato ", but given the plant's lack of either resemblance or relationship to the potato, this name is not recommended.

The plant's binomial name comes from the Latin zamia, for " pine nut ", and furfuracea, meaning " mealy " or " scurfy ".

The notice cited the company for violations of state environmental laws related to the " impairment of resource groundwater ", discharging waste-containing contaminants from areas other than the permitted points, and violations of other requirements of the plant's discharge permit.

Often this depends on the individual seed variety and is closely linked to the ecological conditions of a plant's natural habitat.

Despite the plant's English name, it is not particularly closely related to the true asphodels.

There can be a 5: 1 toxin variation across plants, and a given plant's toxicity depends on its age, where it is growing, and the local weather conditions.

The chemical in wasabi that provides for its initial pungency is the volatile allyl isothiocyanate, which is produced by hydrolysis of natural rhizome thioglucosides ( conjugates of the sugar glucose, and sulfur-containing organic compounds ); the hydrolysis reaction is catalyzed by myrosinase and occurs when the enzyme is released on cell rupture caused by maceration — e. g., grating — of the plant's rhizome.

There can be as much as a 5: 1 variation across plants, and a given plant's toxicity depends on its age, where it is growing, and the local weather conditions.

The plant's reservoir began its formation on October 13, 1982, when the dam works were completed and the side canal's gates were closed.

However, when treating infestations such as fleas, using the plant's essential oil should be avoided due to its toxicity to both humans and animals, even at extremely low levels.

The plant's strange UFO-like appearance — approximately 500 feet long per side and location in a secluded and heavily wooded area — in satellite imagery on Google Earth has evoked the curiosity of many locals, who have nicknamed the site the " Giant Triangle " and speculated on its purpose.

However, the increased demand for Coke products in two liter plastic bottles and cans led to the aging local plant's unfeasibility, hence its eventual demise and was closed down and razed by the end of the decade.

According to Kovels Komments, " firefighters were able to save many of the dies that made patterns in the metal products, but the plant's machinery and most of its contents were ruined.

Oomycetes are capable of using effector proteins to turn off a plant's defenses in its infection process.

In addition to lacking a vascular system, mosses have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, i. e. the plant's cells are haploid for most of its life cycle.

Not only does the monstrous plant's growth increase with this latest meal, but its intelligence and abilities do as well.

After he is forced to damage his relationship with Audrey to keep her from discovering the plant's nature, an angry Seymour confronts the plant, asserting he will no longer do its bidding just because it orders him.

Total eradication of ragweed is impossible, bar viral gene therapy methods, owing to the plant's frugality and tremendous seed-producing capability, but control is important to minimize its spread and reduce its effect on the allergic.

Cells in a typical liverwort plant each contain only a single set of genetic information, so the plant's cells are haploid for the majority of its life cycle.

However, the plant's use of the original sugar recipe had made the plant popular far beyond its existing franchise agreement.

In 2011, Cunningham arranged a meeting with the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff, as a response to the Rolls-Royce announcement that it would lay off one quarter of its staff at its Ansty plant by 2012 due to the UK defence cuts and the plant's reliance upon repairing and servicing RAF jet engines.

Mineral-laden water flowing through the sediment deposits minerals in the plant's cells ; as the plant's lignin and cellulose decay, a stone mould forms in its place.

However it differs in its extreme thorniness, with the shoots being modified into branched thorns long, which almost wholly replace the leaves as the plant's functioning photosynthetic organs.